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<blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 52556" data-attributes="member: 172">I think price matters... but only so much. Which is to say I weight it, but not heavily. The two highest price per page value products I know of (Twin Crowns and Mystic Warriors) only got 3's from me, simply because it is only one factor. If a book is good in some of the other factors I use in weighing books, the 2 or 3 or 10 more dollars it takes me to get it is worth it.Just to give you an idea, sometimes when I don't know exactly how I want to rate a product (when I say to myself &quot;is this a 3 or a 4?&quot; or whatever), I fall back on a quick tally system that runs like this:Rate each of these five categories +1, 0, or -1 (+1 strong, -1 if weak):- Quantitative Value (vs. products in same range)- Presentation- Ideas / Inspiration- Utility- System FidelityTotal it up. +2 is a 4. +4 or higher is a 5 (you will notice I give very few fives.)Frex, for Twin Crowns I think I broke it down along these lines:QV +1 (top notch)P&nbsp; -1 (blase)I 0 (didn't inspire me)U +1 (lots of source materials)SF 0 (Overall decent, but have big balance concerns about divine feats)Total +1. That's a 3. Almost a four.Now let's take the last product I purchased.BoEM IIQV 0 (bout normal for a PDF)P +1 (nice)I +1 (soul magic was a great idea with loads of possible uses. The spells and items are also quite interesting)U +1 (loads of new, usable skills, feats, and other mechanics)SF +1 (It's monte...)Hmmm... could be a 5 if I don't change my mind before the review.Edit: +4 or higher is a 5.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Psion, post: 52556, member: 172"] I think price matters... but only so much. Which is to say I weight it, but not heavily. The two highest price per page value products I know of (Twin Crowns and Mystic Warriors) only got 3's from me, simply because it is only one factor. If a book is good in some of the other factors I use in weighing books, the 2 or 3 or 10 more dollars it takes me to get it is worth it. Just to give you an idea, sometimes when I don't know exactly how I want to rate a product (when I say to myself "is this a 3 or a 4?" or whatever), I fall back on a quick tally system that runs like this: Rate each of these five categories +1, 0, or -1 (+1 strong, -1 if weak): - Quantitative Value (vs. products in same range) - Presentation - Ideas / Inspiration - Utility - System Fidelity Total it up. +2 is a 4. +4 or higher is a 5 (you will notice I give very few fives.) Frex, for Twin Crowns I think I broke it down along these lines: QV +1 (top notch) P -1 (blase) I 0 (didn't inspire me) U +1 (lots of source materials) SF 0 (Overall decent, but have big balance concerns about divine feats) Total +1. That's a 3. Almost a four. Now let's take the last product I purchased. BoEM II QV 0 (bout normal for a PDF) P +1 (nice) I +1 (soul magic was a great idea with loads of possible uses. The spells and items are also quite interesting) U +1 (loads of new, usable skills, feats, and other mechanics) SF +1 (It's monte...) Hmmm... could be a 5 if I don't change my mind before the review. Edit: +4 or higher is a [i]5[/i]. [/QUOTE]

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